Winston Smith
ASIN: B07CJMDV43
Publisher: New Degree Press
Pages: 220
Developing Smarter provides an in-depth analysis of natural disasters in coastal real estate communities.Coastal flooding is a problem that will only continue to worsen if we do not proactively address the situation.-Due to rising sea levels, once in 500 year floods may now occur once every 5 years by 2030.-In 2010, an astounding 40% of the U.S.’s population lived in coastal shoreline counties.-That number is expected to increase by 8% in the year 2020. The U.S. is facing two problems: increasing development and population growth in coastal communities, and rising sea levels due to climate change. These two problems are now converging to create catastrophic damages. In Developing Smarter: A Path Forward for Coastal Real Estate, author Winston Smith asks the terrifying question--How will natural disasters continue to impact coastal real estate? He brings together the perspectives of real ...